Jan Wong, once one of Canada’s most feared reporters, took
on a powerful corporation, the Globe and Mail newspaper, which fired her after
she suffered a major depressive episode. Despite the terrible toll the disease
took on her, she refused to capitulate to what she deemed a wrongful dismissal.

Eventually, she won an undisclosed cash settlement. Wong also spurned her former employer’s
demand she sign a gag order.

And this month, she exposes the sordid details of her
mental-health ordeal at the Globe and Mail in a compelling and sometimes
amusing new self-published book, Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace
Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness.

that HEADLINE typo was NOT an atomic typo, the kind that spellcheck cannot see, such writing unclear instead of nuclear, or Governor Christ instead of Gov. Crist or Sudan instead of sedan or accept instead of except. BUT embarrassing yes. Maybe these headline typos deserve a coinage of their own, something like a “heado” … any votes?

Clayton Burns

Taking care of personal business:
Sylvia Stead,

I object strongly to the following statement by Gary Mason.

He has lost his objectivity as a journalist.

He is speaking on a matter in which he has a personal interest.

Whatever the facts might turn out to be, prejudgment is wrong.

I have no personal involvement beyond my distaste for Gary Mason’s
comment as quoted here.

Clayton Burns PhD Vancouver.

Globe and Mail 7:06 p.m. 27/09/2012

Ex-VANOC head Furlong denies allegations of abuse

Patriot Hearts was written with assistance from Globe and Mail
columnist Gary Mason.

“In any discussions we had for the book, I can say that John never
mentioned a previous stint in Canada before his more broadly known
arrival in 1974,” Mr. Mason said. “As for the allegations levelled
against him, all I can say is they don’t line up in any way, shape or
form with the man I have come to know. I expect he will fight them
with every bone in his body.”

Clayton Burns

The Globe and Mail needs some new talent.
It has just about reached the desperate stage.
Laura Shin could help, as could Craig.
I recommend a weekend Higher Education section with deeper research. The article today on A5, “Canada ranked fourth in the world for scientific research,” ends with an implausible sentence about how Ontario, Quebec and B.C. account for 97 per cent of scientific papers.
When I read it, I said: “Not likely.”
The CCA news release (and report) includes Alberta.
Intuitively, 97 per cent excluding Alberta rings false.
The Globe and Mail is trying to run a 2012 paper on 1990s principles. The troubled columnist Margaret Wente is a creature of the past. Why not just switch to Laura tomorrow and have done with it?
The entire information cycle, Bell wi-fi, Chapters, Starbucks, G&M, Council of Canadian Academies, is ponderous. We may as well be back in the 1950s.
Margaret, just resign.

http://arnereport.net/ Arne Kaufmann

Typos in headlines are always painful and by a newspaper not acceptable. Sadly, here in Germany, the Schwarzwälder Bote has typos all the time; not in headlines, but in the articles itself. There comes the question, is there actually someone really proof reading these articles? Probably yes, but it is not a good job they make. Many of the a bit bigger blogs do better, but of course they are not that under time pressure for getting the paper to print.